‘Sweet’ (’sweat’ in Afrikaans) is the first single from Jaak’s debut solo album, Flêtse Maniere.

Sweet is a track about the everyday struggles of the people of the Flêtse (the ghetto housing projects of the Cape Flats) – from the mundane, like remembering to buy safety pins for the baby’s nappy, to the the more substantial, like poor service delivery and crime. All these struggles make the people sweat to make ends meet whilst striving to make their dreams come true.

• Directed, shot and edited by Christian Denslow & Garth von Glehn for Greenhaus Productions.
• Track produced by Hipe.
• Shot entirely on location in Paarl, South Africa.

Listen to, and download, Flêtse Maniere for FREE at Bandcamp: http://jaak.bandcamp.com/

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In 2006, a partnership between two producers, Clint Scholtz a.k.a Clebo formally from Atlantis and Jacques Noble a.k.a Jacque-G from Panorama, Robertson created Cape Awake Records. With the help of Sound and mastering engineer, Blaine Young, the label became a well known outlet for hip hop artist on the cape flats.

Cape Awake Records believes in creating “challenging yet adventurous” music which blends hip-hop with R&B. As such the music of the artists on this label relies very much on instrumentals which have led, in conjunction with other factors, to the stylistic criticism that artists on the label are not “remarkable in their distinctiveness as an index of locality.

Clebo and Jacque-G is currently in the process of mixing and mastering their first hip hop compilation album. The album took 7 months to record and became a big success story when well known artist like Delinquent, Charl, Dmus (from Ancient Men) and Jack Denovan (from Azanian Flames) joined them on the project.

The compilation cd was created as a marketing strategy for the Afrikaans hip hop genre. The album is set to drop on the 20th of September 2008. There will be 20 tracks on the album and will have two versions, one a radio edited version and the original.

The album launch will be in the form of a concert and all the artists on the cd are going to perform on the evening of the event.

Venue: The Northlink College Hall (Bellville campus), 80 Voortrekker Road (Opposite KFC)
Date/Time: 20 September / 19h00
Cover Charge: R30

Hiesa’s ‘n sample van een vannie tracks:
Skrik Wakke

The concert will also have an open mic session, acts from other labels and b-boy crews.

Please stiek uit and support Afrikaans Hip Hop.

Cape Awake Records are also looking for sponsorship from radio stations, newspapers, ect. The first single on the album entitled, “SKRIK WAKKE” is available on the website. The single, “SKRIK WAKKE” is 6 minutes long and features 20 Afrikaans rappers from all around Cape Town.

For further information, contact Clebo on 073 173 5352, Jacque-G on 083 867 4157 or visit www.myspace.com/skrikwakke